[CPEO-BIF] Wyle Labs (CA) TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wyle cleanup pleases, frustrates Norco residents

By Andrea Bennett
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
November 18, 2006

NORCO - Residents concerned about contaminants from the former Wyle 
Laboratories site are finding both progress and delay in the ongoing 
investigation and cleanup of the former munitions testing facility.

State Department of Toxic Substances Control scientists on Thursday 
night presented residents with the latest maps of two trichloroethylene, 
or TCE, groundwater plumes, and showed that they are rapidly zeroing in 
on the source of one of the plumes that runs under houses as well as 
Norco High School.

But residents of 27 houses tested for indoor air contamination have yet 
to be notified of results. A first round of testing had produced 
inconsistent results.

"The numbers were different between the two canisters, and we didn't 
know which numbers were correct," project manager Rafat Abassi said. 
"So, we went back and resampled and didn't find any contaminants. But in 
order to avoid any problems in the second round, we've modified our 
methodologies."

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For the entire article, see
http://dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4682447

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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